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Spiders
Arachnida (Arachnids), with approzimately 39,500 identified species, are commonly known as spiders. All spiders are both carnivorous and venomous, but only a very small percentage are potentially dangerous to humans. Ask and answer questions here about these eight legged fascinating wonders.
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What kind of appendages do spiders have?
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Spiders have spinnerets near the rear end of their bodies. They use these spinnerets to spin out their silk. They have eight legs, and each leg is terminated (depending on the species) by either three claws or two claws. Between the front two legs are two more, shorter, appendages called "pedipalps." These appendages are shorter than legs and are used for manipulating things such as their prey, things they want to eliminate from their webs and living areas, and (in males) they are terminated by a kind of biological syringe that they load up with semen and then inject into the sexual organ of the female during mating. Finally, there are the two chelicerae have a basal part that you can see when you look a resting spider directly in the face, and each of them has a fang that has its point held near the mouth of the spider and that folds into the chelicera like the blade of a jackknife folds into its handle.
Unlike insects, spiders do not have antennae. They do not have wings. They do not have three body parts either, just the abdomen and the "cephalothorax" (head plus chest) where the legs, pedipalps, chelicerae, eyes, etc. are located.
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Why is spider is not a insect?
The spider is not an insect because it has eight legs, and insects have six legs. The spider is classified being in the group of Arachnids instead of being in the group of Insects, or Bugs.
What insect or animal has 10 legs?
None. insects have only 6 legs and arachnids (arachids are spiders, scorpians, ect.) have only 8 legs.
They eat people because they
think that they are
yummy !
Do the black widow babies eat their mother?
No. The black widow mother sometimes eats the male after mating. There are some spiders that time the development of their eggs and young so that the babies are present at the time of the natural death of the mother due to old age. It is said that these mothers actually encourage their young to eat them. Black widows can raise several broods of babies.
Which spider has an egg sac that looks like small cotton balls?
The comb-footed spider makes spherical egg sacs which can look like cotton balls (see Sources and related links, below).
By definition, no. Spiders are classified along a certain evolutionary path that has 8 legs, no more, no less.
Having said that, there may be spiders that have vestigal legs lost, almost lost, or converted to non-walking use through evolution.
For that matter, there may be spiders whose mouth parts or other body parts are partly evolved into locomotion helpers.
Contact your local arachnologist for details.
These realities show how interesting evolution actually is.
Do black widows die after they bite?
No. Black widow spiders bite prey all of the time. There is no difference in what happens to their bodies when they bite if they happen to bite a large mammal like a human. If the human swats any spider that has bitten him/her, then of course they are most likely going to die.
You may be thinking of honey bees that die after they sting, but they die because their abdomens rip open and lots of their internal organs are pulled out along with the stinger.
What spider has black and orange striped legs and a kinda white head and brown body?
This spider more than likely is an Argiope, this is a common spider than can be found all over the world. If you seen the web, this spider is known to spin a white zigzag pattern on their web.
Can you get stung by a spider?
Depends on your definition of a sting. Some species of spiders do indeed inject venom, but not through the abdomen. They usually inject venom through the fangs in their head, which would be classified as a bite rather than a sting. So, no spiders sting, but some spiders bite.
How does the spider life cycles compare with the insect life cycle?
The spider life cycle differs from the insect life cycle. Spiders grow from eggs, to spiderlings, to spiders. Insects grow from eggs, to larvae, to insects.
How does a spider use its body parts to get its food?
Spiders hold their prey with their legs. Spiders inject venom to paralyze their prey with their fangs. Spiders regurgitate fluid from their stomach's onto the prey and the fluid breaks down the nutrients which flow into the spider through its mouth. (We humans have internal processes for getting nutrients from food, spiders have external processes.
What is the name of the spider that is black with a white diamond on its back?
Black House Spider is similar to one I found with diamond like shapes on their back. They're about 1/2 inch in body length, with long noticeably hairy legs.
Semi-venomous, not fatal to humans.
How do you feed daddy long legs?
Why do you need to feed them? They are insects that are able to keep themselves alive...
How many legs does a centipede have per segment?
A centipede has two legs per segment, one on each side. And they usually stick out to the side of the centipede. A milipede has 4 legs per segment, two on each side, and they are usually more under the body of the milipede.
What is a spider's egg sac called?
Depending on the type of spider, anywhere from 400-600 spiders can emerge from one eggcase. Even if there are that many, you must take into account the fact that spiders are cannibalistic. There are many other opportunities for a newborn spider to die as well. Barely any of those baby spiders will make it to adulthood.
How many eyes does the brown recluse spider have?
A black widow spider has eight eyes. The eyes are located in the front of the head and are arranged in two rows. Black widow spiders are very protective of their egg sacs but rarely bite humans.
The ichneumon wasp matches this description. They have a red and black body, four wings, and a long stinger that can be very painful.
A butterfly is not an annelid, which are large phylum of segmented worms. Earthworms, leeches, and ragworms are examples of an annelid, formally known as Annelida.
Do baby spiders eat the father?
Before the babies are born, the male spider mates with the female. Afterwards, usually since females are bigger than males, females then eat them. Some clever male spiders give the female a present, such as food, to keep her occupied long enough for them to escape and live.
What is the hawaiian happy face spider life like?
These tiny spiders were discovered in 1973 in the rain forests of Hawaii. Their bodies are only 1/4 inch long making them very hard to find. They are called Happyface Spiders because of the pattern on their abdomen that looks like a smiling face. Each spider has a one-of-a-kind pattern, and the patterns differ from island to island. The spiders crawl around on tree trunks and leaves. Happyface Spiders are non-poisonous to humans and they catch insects for food. The mother Happyface Spiders guard their eggs and care for the babies until the spiderlings are old enough to take care of themselves.The happy faced spider eats fruit and little animals.It lays lots of eggs.
What family does the wolf spider belong too?
There are a number of black spiders with red on their backs. The most commonly referenced one is probably the black widow. But it is not the only one, and not all of them have red on their backs.
It might help to note that the female black widow is mostly black, and may or may not have red (or red-to-orange color) on its "back" or the top sIde of its abdomen. (Viewed from the top or above, the female black widow is all or almost all black.) Some have a splash of red on their "back" or the top of their abdomen. Additionally, the hourglass that appears on the female L. mactans varies a bit from red to orange, and can be very dark in color. This characteristic mark is always on the bottom or ventral side of its abdomen.
How many legs does an snake have?
a snake have over 300 ribs!!!!! they each lay 2 by 2 down the snakes back!!!
What are the predators of the red back spider?
Humans are technically predators of ants. We can use ant propellent to kill ants and their enviroment. Bears are also known to be a predator of ants and can totally destroy the ants homes.
What is the Life span of a goliath bird eating spider?
It depends.
The average Bird Eater's bite isn't worse than a painful bee sting, and is not dangerous for healthy humans. People with allergies has a slightly bigger chance of affecting the health, like fever and some unpleasant experiences.
All in all, the poison in the Bird Eaters is a neurotic type of poison, designed to paralyze the foe before the spider itself injects the enzymes. and the amount of neurotic poising isn't adequate to paralyze a 50 kg human. Some numbness may occur in the point of bite.
I hope this answer meets your requests, but please, use these answers as a guideline and not as a final answer. I deeply recommend that once a spider (any kind) is approached, be very cautious.
Best regards from an above-average-arachnidae-interested person.
